Meaning
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- (of a person) late, deceased
- (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone
- defunct
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.fœ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French defun(c)t, from Old French defunz (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin (de vita) defunctus.
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